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KLHX ·

La Junta Municipal Airport

38.04970°N
-103.50900°W
ARR / DAY
1
50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
33.3%

La Junta Municipal Airport (KLHX) is a small general aviation airport located in La Junta, CO, 62 mi east of Pueblo. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,849 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
5 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KLHX 271553Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 23/15 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP189 T02280150

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

08
56% of ops
18 land · 0 TO
12
44% of ops
14 land · 0 TO
26
0% of ops
0 land · 6 TO
30
0% of ops
0 land · 3 TO
Runway 08 carries 56% of operations (18 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 44%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

08 18 landings
UA 0%
12 14 landings
UA 0%
26 0 landings
UA 0%
30 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 18 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
1.3
flights/day · 40 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 1pm
Day vs night
82%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (1.9 vs 1.2 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (36% of 39 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
UNICOM 123.000
ASOS 135.525
LA JUNTA 122.600
OTHER 122.600
PUEBLO R 128.375
OTHER 128.375
PUEBLO R 379.950
OTHER 379.950
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDV
Mag var:
9° E
Fuel:
100LL
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